A Waffle with a Quaffle [Open, come play! Come spectate and chat!]

[theboywhodied]

It's a beautiful day for soaring in the sky. At least....it's a beautiful simulated day, Cedric corrects himself. He stands in the center of a grassy field, hoops standing tall on either side. Racing brooms that will soon take to the sky with their riders are laid out in neat rows on either side of him, and a case containing the many balls of Quidditch rests at his feet.

He's exchanged the loose-fitted clothing he'd taken up after his injuries for loose-fitting yellow and black robes, and even that small change brightens his mood. Cedric Diggory is in his element. His cheerful, dangerous whirlwind of an element, the finest sport the wizarding world has to offer.

This should be a fun one to watch!

((And go! Use the subthreads, or start your own threads to chat and trash-talk and have a good time! Threadjacking is totally encouraged.))

Comments

[kaya_waterwave]

"I'm not the kind of person that could just stand by and watch something that fun happen and not be a part of it!" She said. "According to Cedric, I'm pretty good at the whole chaser thing! So I will fly my heart out today! I'm going to play to my best ability."

[grimbiker]

"Not everyone can make the team." Or stay on the team in his case. "But for now enjoy it. Flying is one of the best feelings in the world."

[kaya_waterwave]

Kaya laughed. "If that's the case, I'm going to have to try my best to make it in Cedric' eyes then. But trust me, I don't disagree with you. The only time I felt like I was flying was with an airbender."

[grimbiker]

"Airbender?" Sirius tilted his head to one side as he asked the question. "What's that?"

[kaya_waterwave]

"In my culture, certain people can bend the elements around them. They are born with the ability but how well these abilities are come about through hard work and training. An airbender is able to ride on air currents, so its the closest thing to flying!"

[grimbiker]

"Really? Can you- what do you call it? Bend?"

[kaya_waterwave]

Kaya nodded. "Yes, I guess I didn't mention it! I'm a waterbender, so that's the element I can use."

Seriously though. Not magic.

[grimbiker]

"You can only bend one element? Is it something you're born with?"

It didn't sound like magic but it certainly sounded interesting.

[kaya_waterwave]

Only one?

"Like I said, you might be born with it, but however much time you devote to knowing your abilities with determine how strong a bender you are. Wherever there's water, with the exception of in human beings, I can extract it and use it as an offensive or defensive way of fighting. I can heal with it too!"

[grimbiker]

"You can heal with water? How?" It was hard to detect, but Sirius was actually impressed.

[kaya_waterwave]

"It's not a skill all benders have, but some of us do, especially in the Northern Tribe. We are taught how to use our bending to redirect the chi in the body and heal wounds."

[grimbiker]

That sounded more like magic, actually.

"Do you go to a school where you learn how to control it?"

[kaya_waterwave]

"I learned it in my village, actually. In the Northern water Tribe, it is common for waterbending learned by women to be used for healing. In my time, I learned actually offensive fighting techniques from southern Waterbending master. That, you could say, I needed to be schooled in."

[grimbiker]

"Ah, I went to a school to learn how to use magic. That's why I ask. Is bending a common ability where you're from?"

[kaya_waterwave]

"I know, Cedric and Luna told me a lot about it. I think it sounded amazing! Bending is common, but not everyone can do it, and not everyone can do it well. Many of the nations have been split for so long that getting an actual good school with a decent teacher is impossible. Last I checked my world, those wounds were starting to heal."

[grimbiker]

Sirius nodded. "I wouldn't mind seeing you bend some time."

Like I wasn't going to chuckle when I read that! I'm lucky I wasn't drinking anything!

[kaya_waterwave]

"You might sometime soon," Kaya said. "You never know what we'll run into next, after all."

Believe it or not he doesn't mean it as a come on

[grimbiker]

"If it's during a fight hopefully it's later rather than sooner." Although if it were just him in a fight- well, he was bored.

Oh I figured! I was just teasing

[kaya_waterwave]

"Demonstrating it is actually pretty easy: heck, anytime there's water anywhere I can do it, except for people. That only works on a full moon and, well, I really don't like having to go that far. I only had to do that once in all the time I've been on the ship."

"Bending" is easy to joke about

[grimbiker]

"You could still do it even without a full moon? Or any moon for that matter." Which was still odd to get used to. "I won't ask for a demonstration of that. It doesn't sound pleasant."

I got so much shit for her former name, I KNOW

[kaya_waterwave]

"I can bend without a full moon, but I can't bend the actions of people without it. Waterbender are strongest during a full moon, and that's why its the only time I can do it. I wouldn't want to though, not unless I really had to stop the people fighting us. I've only done it so far to the Ohm during a fire."